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TIL that there are no commercial king crab farming operations because, in part, these crabs go through a violently cannibalistic adolescence and have to be housed individually to survive it, which is too expensive large scale.

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e0brb TIL Bogotá, Colombia, serves also as a capital of the Cundinamarca Department, even if legally it's not part of Cundinamarca
R58ka TIL of the Locked-in syndrome, a rare disorder of the nervous system. People with locked-in syndrome are: Paralyzed except for the muscles that control eye movement. Conscious (aware) and can think and reason, but cannot move or speak
5Yl1R TIL 1897, a ghost’s testimony was admitted as evidence to a United States Superior Court trial that resulted in a conviction. Edward Shue was accused of killing his wife, Zona Shue, and four weeks later her ghost appeared before her mother with post mortem statements that detailed Edward’s crime.
GALLg TIL that while the country of El Salvador "The Savior" is named after Jesus (the name brought by Spanish conquistadors) the original name according to the indigenous Nahua Pipil people was Kuskatan. The name means "The Place of Precious Jewels."
R7mN7 TIL Scholars of Mesoamerica are increasingly skeptical of the idea that the Aztecs viewed Cortes as a "God" and believe it was a myth invented by the Spanish in the years following the conquest. The myth became so accepted that it even made its way into indigenous sources like the Florentine Codex.